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(No cover) Goodbye to the photo by Moriyama Daimichi
A collection of works by Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama.
Moriyama, who joined Provoke as a member from its second issue, had already shown glimpses of an even more radical take on "are bure boke," but this book, published in 1972, reached its pinnacle in one fell swoop. Fragmentary images such as cuts made when winding the film, fallen negatives, and copies of posters and televisions come flooding in like a flood. It is an incredible work that seems to express in photographs a world in which everything is reduced to images, and it is easy to understand why he fell into a slump ten years later. At the end of the book there is also an important conversation with his friend and rival Nakahira Takuma.
"We used film in those days, so you would first take a blank shot. The image would suddenly appear, and that is also a photograph. I also picked up things that Nakahira had thrown away in the darkroom. I gathered all those things and made this. For better or worse, it was excessive. There was almost no reaction at the time. It was like, what is this? Some people said it was just design, others that it was photographic suicide. Only Araki (Nobuyoshi) said he was jealous." - Moriyama Daido
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Title: Farewell Photography
Artist: Daido Moriyama
Shashin-Hyôron-Sha, 1972
Softcover, perfect binding (missing dust jacket)
230 x 185 x 21 mm
308 pages
Text in Japanese
First edition
Condition: Acceptable / Cover chipped, spine peeling, age-related stains, torn edges, creases, discoloration,I have one, but the inside is fine.There is no problem in appreciating the artwork. Please contact us if you would like to see the detailed condition.
Moriyama, who joined Provoke as a member from its second issue, had already shown glimpses of an even more radical take on "are bure boke," but this book, published in 1972, reached its pinnacle in one fell swoop. Fragmentary images such as cuts made when winding the film, fallen negatives, and copies of posters and televisions come flooding in like a flood. It is an incredible work that seems to express in photographs a world in which everything is reduced to images, and it is easy to understand why he fell into a slump ten years later. At the end of the book there is also an important conversation with his friend and rival Nakahira Takuma.
"We used film in those days, so you would first take a blank shot. The image would suddenly appear, and that is also a photograph. I also picked up things that Nakahira had thrown away in the darkroom. I gathered all those things and made this. For better or worse, it was excessive. There was almost no reaction at the time. It was like, what is this? Some people said it was just design, others that it was photographic suicide. Only Araki (Nobuyoshi) said he was jealous." - Moriyama Daido
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Title: Farewell Photography
Artist: Daido Moriyama
Shashin-Hyôron-Sha, 1972
Softcover, perfect binding (missing dust jacket)
230 x 185 x 21 mm
308 pages
Text in Japanese
First edition
Condition: Acceptable / Cover chipped, spine peeling, age-related stains, torn edges, creases, discoloration,I have one, but the inside is fine.There is no problem in appreciating the artwork. Please contact us if you would like to see the detailed condition.